James McAvoy

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James McAvoy (born April 21, 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller State of Play, science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune and the channel 4s BAFTA award-winning series Shameless (British TV series). He has performed in several West End productions and has received four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, and has also done voice work for animated films including Gnomeo & Juliet, its sequel Sherlock Gnomes, and Arthur Christmas. In 2003, McAvoy appeared in a lead role in Bollywood Queen, then in another lead role as Rory in Inside I'm Dancing in 2004. This was followed by a supporting role, as the faun Mr. Tumnus, in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). His performance in Kevin Macdonald's drama The Last King of Scotland (2006) garnered him several award nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. The critically acclaimed romantic drama war film Atonement (2007) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and his second BAFTA nomination. He later appeared as a newly trained assassin in the action thriller Wanted (2008). In 2011, McAvoy portrayed Professor Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018), and Dark Phoenix (2019). McAvoy starred in the crime comedy-drama film Filth (2013), for which he won Best Actor in the British Independent Film Awards. In 2016, he portrayed Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man with 23 alternate personalities, in M. Night Shyamalan's Split, for which he received critical acclaim, and later reprised the role for the sequel Glass (2019). Since 2019, he has portrayed Lord Asriel Belacqua in the BBC/HBO fantasy series His Dark Materials.

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2026
Faith
Movie Michael
2026
California Schemin'
Movie Anthony
2026
The Claudia Winkleman Show
TV show Self
2026
Pose
Movie Thomas
2025
Lions Uncut: Australia 2025
Movie Narrator
2025
The Space Between Attack and Decay
Movie Narrator
2024
Speak No Evil
Movie Paddy
2024
Hot Ones Versus
TV show Self
2024
The Book of Clarence
Movie Pontius Pilate
2023
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
Movie Himself
2022
The Sandman
TV show Golden Haired Man (voice)
2022
The Bubble
Movie James McAvoy
2021
The Sands Between
Movie Man
2021
My Son
Movie Edmond Murray
2021
Together
Movie He
2020
The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson
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2020
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
Movie Self - Readings
2020
The Bridge: Race to a Fortune
TV show Narrator
2020
One World: Together at Home
Movie Self
2020
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie Cyrano de Bergerac
2019
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Movie Self
2019
His Dark Materials
TV show Lord Asriel
2019
It Chapter Two
Movie Bill Denbrough
2019
Dark Phoenix
Movie Charles Xavier / Professor X
2019
Glass
Movie Patricia / Dennis / Hedwig / The Beast / Barry / Heinrich / Jade / Ian / Mary Reynolds / Norma / Jalin / Kat / B.T. / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Mr. Pritchard / Felida / Luke / Goddard / Samuel / Polly
2018
Watership Down
TV show Hazel (voice)
2018
Once Upon a Deadpool
Movie Charles Xavier / Professor X (uncredited)
2018
Deadpool 2
Movie Charles Xavier (uncredited)
2018
Sherlock Gnomes
Movie Gnomeo (voice)
2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV show Self - Guest
2018
Submergence
Movie James More
2017
Atomic Blonde
Movie David Percival
2017
The Making of 'Split'
Movie Self
2017
Split
Movie Dennis / Patricia / Hedwig / The Beast / Kevin Wendell Crumb / Barry / Orwell / Jade
2016
X-Men: Apocalypse
Movie Professor Charles Xavier
2015
Victor Frankenstein
Movie Victor Frankenstein
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
2014
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
Movie Self
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
Movie Conor
2014
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Movie Conor